India Women Cricket Team Captain – All-Time & Current Leader
Published - 19 Jul 2025, 11:56 AM | Updated - 19 Jul 2025, 12:00 PM
The India women cricket team represents India in women's international cricket. Also known as Women in Blue, the team is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). India are now one of the strongest teams in international cricket and also a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The India women's team played its first international match on 31 October 1976 when they faced West Indies in a Test match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
India are yet to win a World Cup but have done well in the tournaments in recent years. In 2005 and 2017, India qualified for the Cricket World Cup final but ended up on the losing side on both occasions. In 2020, they also made it to the final of the T20 World Cup but lost to Australia.
While India are yet to lay their hands on the ICC titles, they have been a force to reckon with in the Asia Cup. The Women in Blue have won the ODI Asia Cup 4 times in 2004, 2005-06, 2006, 2008 and the T20 Asia Cup three times in 2012, 2016, 2022. In 2022, they also won the Gold Medal at the Asian Games and the Silver Medal at the Commonwealth Games.
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India Women Cricket Team Captain:
Harmanpreet Kaur is the captain of the India women team at present. She led the team for the first time in 2012. With regular captain Mithali Raj and vice-captain Jhulan Goswami sidelined due to injuries, Harmanpreet was named as the captain for the 2012 Women's T20 Asia Cup final. She went on to lead India to a commanding 81-run win over Pakistan in the title-decider.
In March 2013, Harmanpreet became the India Women Cricket Team Captain for the first time when Bangladesh toured India. She led from the front in the series, scoring a century and a fifty in addition to taking 2 wickets.
In 2016, Harmanpreet replaced Mithali as full time India Women Cricket Team captain in T20Is. Later in 2022 when Mithali announced retirement from all forms of cricket, Harmanpreet was appointed as India's captain in all the formats.
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